Months after Howard Lieberman contracts COVID-19 on a business trip in March 2020, he continues to suffer, and when Monica Hickson drops off her fiancé at the hospital, she doesn’t know it’s the last time she’ll see him alive.
Read MoreStories of COVID-19: Balance
Psychiatrist Xiaosi Gu studies COVID-19’s impact on mental health, just as her own begins to deteriorate, and Stacey Bader Curry’s family and career are thriving — until the pandemic throws it all into chaos.
Read MoreStories of COVID-19: Pandemic Love Stories
Having planned to tie the knot in April 2020, Jared Waters finds himself separated from his fiancée by COVID lockdown instead, and the pandemic prompts Jamie Brickhouse and his partner to consider getting married.
Read MoreStories of COVID-19: Under the Same Roof
When Gail Thomas moves in with her family during the pandemic, tensions brew between sisters, and the pandemic brings Wendy Bredhold and her ex-husband back together under the same roof for Thanksgiving.
Read MoreStories of COVID-19: Fear
A disagreement about COVID-19 precautions drives a wedge between Archy Jamjun and his partner, and Julie Grace Immink tries to hide her fear from her young son when her husband is hospitalized for COVID-19.
Read MoreStories of COVID-19: Before and After
Harvey, a brand-new nurse, is thrust into the hectic environment of a Brooklyn ICU at the onset of the pandemic, and in spring 2021, he begins to reckon with the trauma he’s experienced in the past year.
Read MoreStories of COVID-19: Neighbors
Feeling more and more isolated as the pandemic continues, Brooklynite Adam Selbst finds purpose in a mutual aid project, and separated from her own beloved Persian grandmother during the pandemic, Sarvin Esmaelli stumbles on an opportunity to help someone else’s.
Read MoreStories of COVID-19: Masks
Sean Wellington is reluctant to wear a mask at first — until he discovers an unconventional reason to, and dealing with mask-resistant patients prompts pediatrician Ken Haller to reflect on his experience with a past pandemic
Read MoreStories of COVID-19: Separation
When Nestor Gomez is separated from his mother during the pandemic, it brings back painful memories of a different kind of separation, and Sharon Chandar feels helpless when she find out there’s been a COVID-19 outbreak at her elderly mother’s nursing home.
Read MoreStories of COVID-19: Teachers
Jenny DeLessio-Parson has always prided herself on being a super teacher — until the challenges of remote teaching during the pandemic begin to add up, and as pandemic progresses, Amanda Geduld begins to feel that she and her fellow teachers aren’t receiving the support and respect they need to do their jobs.
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